Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich invented Leeloo's language but didn't tell anyone. So in the taxi scene Bruce Willis really was surprised and improvised his lines.
I must write that the film was shot in 1997. And it was truly revolutionary. Back then no one filmed like that. He made a whole bunch of TV series and films in a similar style. But it is still a wonderful example... Now such a plot is not surprising, but in 1997 this had not yet happened.
Valerian: The City of a Thousand Planets is the movie Luc Besson wanted to make when he first made The Fifth Element, but the technology didn't yet exist. So doing the best with what was available at the time, he made this, definitely revolutionary in its own way and for its time. If you watch Valerian you can see the same DNA. Both movies were based off the same source material, a graphic novel.
@@cybermouse8 This film is a kind of cyberpunk development, but in a comedic form. Films like Blade Runner 1982 and Highlander had similar worlds that were dark. But here a lighter NOIR is shown. With elements of comedy, fashion and brand advertising.
yeah, saw some reactions in the last weeks and all are giving some mediocre ratings, just to not piss of their viewers who wanted the reaction, even if they didn´t lie it at all. and then there are people like me that love the movie and would easily giv it a 5/5, as it, without a doubt, is one of the best scifi movies ever made ^^ don´t understand why it gets so much hate from so many people
Because this is one of the silliest movies ever. There is a difference between "does not take itself seriously" and just plain silly and idiotic. Reactors can't say anything negative about it, to not lose subscribers. Usually this kind of movies are turned off after 10 minutes. But I guess when it is big budget and known cast, people will not hate. Hate is reserved towards other movies, with much less known cast and directors, and lower budget
@@milannesic5718 I think the point the original commenter was making was about the very end of the movie. When you look at how bissflix reacted to the end of the movie she's one of the 50% of the people that can't figure out why everybody loves it. If you've watched enough of her videos though you can tell that she's not a lovey dovey type person. To her it's baby talk it has no meaning.. And yes to a lot of people, love really doesn't do much because it doesn't put food on the table... The 50% of the people that love it are gullible idiots like me that believe in love. that's the only point that I think he was making
"Is he having a stroke?" No, he's Chris Tucker. This may be the only movie where not only do the hero and villain never meet, but they never know of each other's existence either.
@@dallesamllhals9161 And now that I think of it, I was wrong about the knowing of each others' existence part since Zorg sends agents out to pretend they are Korben Dallas.
@@BKPrice And Zorg runs the company Corbin had been employed under, but tbf Corbin never learned Zorg planned to steal the stones. Though Leeloo and giant evil fireball meet every 5'000 years, of course.
I was 18 in 97. This was a special movie back then. All my friends, their girlfriends and friends of friends had to see this movie. I saw this in the theater more than any other movie. There wasn't anything like it and appealed exuberantly to everyone.
*The Fifth Element is one of those movies you need to watch about 5-10 times, and pay 100% attention to, or you'll miss something that will make something else, 15 minutes later, not make sense. But it's such a great Sci-Fi movie.*
It's helpful to understand that the movie is by Luc Besson. His French influence to this production gives it a Cirque du Soleil flavor. It's performance art disguised as a movie. It's not everyone's cup of tea and many who love the movie don't even make this connection. But, I just like to point it out as this movie has been an acquired taste for me, despite my baked in bias for all things French. Also, don't take it too seriously. It's still just a movie.
If you like this, there's another movie by the same director, called "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets". Well worth a watch, same incredible art style, same great story and effects.
It was impossible to adapt Valerian at the time, so this movie actually grew out of his first attempt to make Valerian. I wish Valerian did better, I think he was hoping to make a series of movies
Some fun facts about the movie: The Fifth Element, Leeloo, is former super model Milla Jovovich. They couldn't find their Diva in casting, so Luc Besson turned to his own wife, another super model: Maïwenn Besco. 👍
Yyyeah, that was a very messy set. Especially if you know Maiwenn has said Leon was partly inspired by the start of her relationship with Besson (which I just stumbled across myself).
The language is great, it has an “interesting” story too- the director Besson came up with it and worked on the language with Leeloo’s actress Mila Jovovich who helped refine it so they could have full conversations with the about 400 words. To practice it they had conversations on set (that no one else understood)… which led to them flirting in the language… and then Besson left his wife for Jovovich. His wife, by the way, was the actress that plays the Opera Singer Diva.
I really like his movies but as a person Besson was… not great. The wife he left for Jovovich, his second, has said Leon the Professional was partly based on their relationship and the similarities are… really not good.
@@ethanvilla4418 Where was she at in 1996 before this movie was released? Milla was 'discovered' in this movie and then went on to more fame with the Resident Evil film in 2002, which accounts for her wealth in 2004.
@@davesmith9680 Born in Kiev and raised in Los Angeles, Jovovich began modeling when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei in 1987. What is with you people and your allergic reactions to facts? It's not this deep, but some of you people seem to have a problem with HER, or with me personally?
@@ethanvilla4418 Facts? Milla wasn't even on Harpers list of the top 25 Supermodels of the 90's. She was not one of the most famous supermodels at the time. I agree she was a model, however relatively unknown until this movie... that is the facts. Do a little more research than just a Google search that shows a one liner from Wikipedia.
@@davesmith9680 Wait, YOU'RE preaching to me about research? Weren't you the very same troubled individual that said she was "discovered" because of this movie, when she was on the COVER of an Italian fashion magazine in 1987? Tell me again about research buddy. LOL! Are you alright? Is this really worth an argument? She's LITERALLY number 25 on this list. Links not being allowed. Again, get help, because you take this WAY more seriously than anyone should. The only way I knew about this is because my mother literally had a poster with her, Cindy Crawford and some other models when I was a child. You UA-cam know-it-alls suck the joy out of everything.
This movie came at a time when people were anticipating the new (prequel) Star Wars movies (and the Special Editions were just released), looking back fondly on movies like Blade Runner, and CG was just starting to get somewhat realistic looking. For sc-fi cinema nerds (like myself), this movie was a tall glass of water in the desert, especially for the guys - it had futuristic/cyberpunk sci-fi, Bruce Willis playing Die Hard in Space, a Gary Oldman villain, a fantasy element, aliens, a sense of humor and sexy girls everywhere. It was the perfect late 90's sci-fi action movie. It was like Star Wars for kids who were now 20-something kids. Now, it seems like not such a big deal, after so many great similar movies just as good or better that have come out since... but at the time this was really impressive... and needed. Cinematically speaking - FX might be a bit dated but still some the best sound design ever and an excellent soundtrack to boot. And the scene choreography/editing is just always fun to watch.
over a dozen of my friends names their cats 'Lelu' but only one of them named his ferret 'Lelu Dallas multi pass' also everyone should check out the making of the opera song,.. that singer is amazing
People watching it today will never understand in 1997 how amazing the future New York looked with flying cars and skyscrapers a kilometer tall. We'd never seen that before. Maybe a sci-fi drawing, but never in movies and never looking so plausibly photo realistic.
@@EfftupSmith A lot of us didn't watch Judge Dredd considering the box office results. Blade Runner in the dark really impressed, but wasn't the same as NY in daylight.
They brought in some serious heavy-duty fashion designers for this film in the form of Jean-Paul Gaultier. A nice touch with the Star Wars throw-backs...Princess Leia hair buns & Jedi robes for the priest.
The Diva song: the film’s composer Eric Serra designed the futuristic pop-opera to be technically impossible for a human to hit some of the high notes so quickly after another. Therefore, Mula-Tchako had to sing the notes individually so that they could then be arranged digitally.
Just popping in to give my usual fun fact for this movie. The actor who plays the police officer who spills his McDonalds drink over him, then crashes into the McDonalds truck during the chase - his name is Mac McDonald. I can only guess that this was intentional.
Tomas("Tiny")Lister(the President) later played a prisoner who did something important in "The Dark Knight." Of course, Gary Oldman(Zorg) is in that trilogy, also.
Luc Besson (the writer director) wrote this in high school as a hero taxi driver cause his dad had a second job driving a taxi. 13:00 Bruce Willis adlibbed this line. The director didn’t tell Bruce that Mila was going to be speaking a different language in the cab. 25:48 if you watch Bruce Willis during the “All Night Long” song he’s trying not to laugh at Chris Tucker. 28:57 I love how his mom finds him wherever he goes. 30:16 the look on Bruce Willis’s face was genuine. He hadn’t heard the song before and was moved by the song and performance. The woman on stage is lipsyncing and practiced 30 times a day for three months to get it right. Luc Besson’s fiancé at the time got the role cause the original actress didn’t show up. The creatures helping Zorg are Mangalores and their animatronics were reused in Star Wars Episode 1 for the Neimoidians.
13:02 I saw this in the theater, and this movie was the first time I had encountered the phrase “I only speak two languages, English and bad English.” I suspect that this movie is, indeed, the origin of it.
you know.. this movie was made in 1997. so when you watch and rate it in 2024, you have to consider this. i love scifi and fantasy and this movie is one of my alltime favourite. it has so much influence on movies released later..
Many of the 'Elements' story wise and visually are from 'Heavy Metal' magazine artists like Mobius, Richard Corbin and others. The quirky flavor matches some stories in that magazine from the'70's thru the '90's. It was an INSTANT Cult classic for that and many other touchstones in the film.
RIP Luke Perry, the actor who plays Billy early in the movie. He was famous in the teen show "Beverly Hills 90210" and passed away a few years ago. RIP also Ian Holm, Bilbo in LoTR and Ash in Alien.
I dressed up as ruby rod one time ehen i was transporting an army unit out of iraq, after they kept getting extended. I did the entire safety briefing and pallet loading with the same energy as ruby. Everyone but the sgt major and first sergeant appreciated the humor after all theyed been thru. The i hooked up a projector and sheet an played this movie during the flight to germany
At the time when this came out, Bruce Willis was a box office dynamo, like everything he was in, he was knocking out of the park. One of the previous movies he previously was in Armageddon and it was a world hit. So then came a running joke, about any movie that he was in, (What is he going to do to save the planet this time?) It was a strange coincidence that Hollywood seemed to hear what people were talking about, so they decided to answer that question, by putting out this movie.
The Chris Tucker role was originally written for Rockstar PRINCE but there were disagreements between the Director and PRINCE about his costumes so PRINCE quit the movie and Chris Tucker was hired ua-cam.com/users/shortskZKvj9Ig8RY?si=citfsehkpJT8xudk
It’s one of my favorites. This is the movie that made me fall in love with milla. She is so awesome in this movie. And chris Tucker is just over the top in the best way. So many quotable lines. There have been so many memes come from this movie, but if it came out today, the internet would break from all the memes.
Just for those who dont know @26:10 is Tricky a British Rapper and Trip Hop Pioneer back in the day. ua-cam.com/video/E3R_3h6zQEs/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/lWIeVTs94rI/v-deo.html
One problem I have with this movie is that a big part is when Leeloo finally looked up “war” she gave up, humanity was unsavable, even though she had already seen terms like “atomic bomb” or “torture” or “holocaust” earlier in alphabetical order.
For me, this is one of those movies that gets better on rewatch. It's very silly, and it does a lot of cliches, but it's also creative in odd ways. For instance, you said you thought he had the cigarette in his mouth the wrong way, but it was a cigarette with an ultra-long filter and almost no tobacco portion ... for your safety. As for Chris Tucker, IMO, it's practically his best role. Also, it's different because the aesthetic is French. If you see other French scifi, you might see some similarities.
This movie is amazing. This movie is a cultural touchstone. It's kitschy in all the best ways, and I have never loved Chris Tucker in anything like I've love him in this movie. You can't take it seriously, though. It's a fairytale.
every movie doesn't need to be a 5 to be entertaining. 3.5 is a good score for this type of movie. I really wish entertaining movies like this were made today.
Since you enjoyed Ruby, you should continue watching the Rush Hour series with Rush Hour 2 (2001)! (I noticed you only had the first Rush Hour in your channel video archives.)
I enjoyed this movie a lot, it is a fun sci-fi adventure, and leaned into the campiness, not taking itself too seriously. Overall a good fun watch! thanks for the watch! take care
All Luc Besson movies should be watched! Big Blue, then in order La Femme Nikita and then the Professional, then transporter series, taken series, Jupiter Rising etc.
A lot of Jinjer videos seem to have homages classic scifi movies. In the case of The Fifth Element, feel like one of Tati's hairstyles in I Speak Astronomy was inspired by Zorg's hair, while her hair in Ape was inspired by one of Ruby Rhod's.
Biss, you said it yourself. You have ALREADY seen a lot of sci fi comedy. This movie struck a chord WHEN it came out as there was no movie before that was anything like this. Milla Jovovich (Leloo) became an action star after this. That performance by the Diva struck a chord with fans. The song is now performed by orchestras and sopranos around the world. Italian, Chinese, Eastern European orchestras covering the performance. The Diva’s song sung by contestants auditioning for talent shows around the world to show their vocal abilities. Biss, you are “Very Beautiful”😜.
Also the actress married the film maker. Milia Jovovich and Luc Besson. They together invented the language that Lelu speaks and would talk to each other on set in that language.
37:35 Curious that Leeloo is doing this research in _English._ Spanish, Italian and French relate "War" in the G's. German relates it in the the K's. In any of _these_ languages, she would've encountered all this a _while_ ago.
My favorite reactress watching one of my most favorite movies. Incredible. I remember that while watching this in the theater when it first came out, I thought to myself "if I could watch this movie for the rest of my life, and do nothing else, I would die a happy man". Great job, Biss. You made this fun to watch again.
It's Cult classic, not for everyone with it's goofy parts. So yeah a Sunday movie, when you don't want to think to much xD I didn't expect you to love it, but anyway nice to see you experience something else. Than just the top cinema movies out there :) For me personally it's a blast of the past, comedic 90s movie. Along with the Mummy, George of the jungle, Austin Powers and so long :)
Yeah, I'd say your rating a pretty accurate. It's been one of my favorite movies for quite a while now, so I lean more towards 4 out of 5 stars. It has a really simple plot, but I absolutely love the creativity and world building.
In the book the Liquid stuff running down their heads was meaning the Darkness was getting closer. Also in the book the Liquid Darkness covered the inside of the temple at the end.. Love this movie
10:59 I give you Milla Jovovich. Believe it or not, she was actually born in Ukraine. She's fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English, French and Serbian. She's more well known for her performance in the _Resident Evil_ series, though.
Gary Oldman was great as the bad guy...Zorg. I know you didn't care for it, but when I first saw it I remember thinking that it was a movie worth watching...over and over! But, then, I'm old. You know how we are. Thanks for letting us watch with you, it was fun! God bless you!
I absolutely love this movie!! I am not 100% sure that it is a 'good' movie, but it is exciting, visually interesting, very quotable, and a ton of fun, and I suppose in the end that is all that really matters
Yes I think your rating is accurate. With the addition of Chris Tucker(Rudy) the humor matches the frenetic energy of the story line. Good , honest reaction.
If you enjoyed the fashion and style look up the French fashion designer/ artist Jean Paul Gaultier as he did the costumes and was a major consultant on the whole style of the movie. I can see why people were not a fan. But as an older millennial I'd give it a solid 4.5 due to style and uniqueness :) It has the Luc Besson feel much like the film Leon oozing through it!
It is meant to be a comedy action so that is fine. This was the first time I saw Milla Jovovich who by the way is russion and her daughter is now starting to be in movies as well and also the first time I saw Gary Oldman who plays the bad guy..it's funny to see him here at the start of his career and to think where he is now and how far he has come.
The 5th Element is a cheesy film, but it is an admittedly cheesy one, mocked for the sake of comedy. It's also a film that is not from Hollywood since it is a French production from 1997. In that respect, this film was incredible at the time, because it has not aged too badly. graphically. This film is a bit of a UFO in the genre, because it is neither really an SF film (Notion of good and evil), nor really a fantasy film, nor really a comedy, and a bit of all that has the times. For a French production from the 90s, the film is remarkable, the French industry is not used to big budget space opera... Personally, I like this film and I recognize its status as a cult film without being the masterpiece of the century. He left his mark on popular culture in many aspects The film was directed by Luc Besson, who also directed the film "Leon".
I'm just here to hear Biss say "big bad boom" and "multipass".
Samsies. 😂
Chickan
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And "sheeps".
I just wanted to see her reaction to the Mondoshawans (or however you spell it. The penguin aliens)
Yep
Luc Besson and Milla Jovovich invented Leeloo's language but didn't tell anyone. So in the taxi scene Bruce Willis really was surprised and improvised his lines.
I must write that the film was shot in 1997. And it was truly revolutionary.
Back then no one filmed like that. He made a whole bunch of TV series and films in a similar style.
But it is still a wonderful example... Now such a plot is not surprising, but in 1997 this had not yet happened.
Valerian: The City of a Thousand Planets is the movie Luc Besson wanted to make when he first made The Fifth Element, but the technology didn't yet exist. So doing the best with what was available at the time, he made this, definitely revolutionary in its own way and for its time. If you watch Valerian you can see the same DNA. Both movies were based off the same source material, a graphic novel.
@@cybermouse8 This film is a kind of cyberpunk development, but in a comedic form. Films like Blade Runner 1982 and Highlander had similar worlds that were dark. But here a lighter NOIR is shown. With elements of comedy, fashion and brand advertising.
Ah yes, The Fifth Element, a movie that 50% of people love, and 50% who can't figure out why the other 50% love it.
yeah, saw some reactions in the last weeks and all are giving some mediocre ratings, just to not piss of their viewers who wanted the reaction, even if they didn´t lie it at all.
and then there are people like me that love the movie and would easily giv it a 5/5, as it, without a doubt, is one of the best scifi movies ever made ^^
don´t understand why it gets so much hate from so many people
Because this is one of the silliest movies ever. There is a difference between "does not take itself seriously" and just plain silly and idiotic. Reactors can't say anything negative about it, to not lose subscribers. Usually this kind of movies are turned off after 10 minutes. But I guess when it is big budget and known cast, people will not hate. Hate is reserved towards other movies, with much less known cast and directors, and lower budget
@@milannesic5718 I think the point the original commenter was making was about the very end of the movie. When you look at how bissflix reacted to the end of the movie she's one of the 50% of the people that can't figure out why everybody loves it. If you've watched enough of her videos though you can tell that she's not a lovey dovey type person. To her it's baby talk it has no meaning.. And yes to a lot of people, love really doesn't do much because it doesn't put food on the table...
The 50% of the people that love it are gullible idiots like me that believe in love. that's the only point that I think he was making
That's modern women for you.
i am part of the 50%
"Is he having a stroke?" No, he's Chris Tucker.
This may be the only movie where not only do the hero and villain never meet, but they never know of each other's existence either.
Rambo III? Well, he learns about John...
@@dallesamllhals9161 And now that I think of it, I was wrong about the knowing of each others' existence part since Zorg sends agents out to pretend they are Korben Dallas.
@@BKPrice And Zorg runs the company Corbin had been employed under, but tbf Corbin never learned Zorg planned to steal the stones.
Though Leeloo and giant evil fireball meet every 5'000 years, of course.
RIP Luke Perry, the actor who plays Billy helping the professor. He really died of a stroke.
The villain is unaware of Leeloo's importance, or the role she plays.
Chris Tucker pulled no punches with his performance here👏🏽
Chris Tucker was pretty much an unknown at this point. This performance is part of how he got known.
@@metoo7557 And the second part is bloopers at the end of Rush Hour 🙂
@@metoo7557Friday?
"She's Spanish." Too funny!
😂😂😂😂
it was fitting
@@BissFlix oh it's blood 🩸 and brain 🧠 matter liquefied
@@BissFlix and it was a perfect 🤣
I was 18 in 97. This was a special movie back then. All my friends, their girlfriends and friends of friends had to see this movie. I saw this in the theater more than any other movie. There wasn't anything like it and appealed exuberantly to everyone.
I went to see this movie at the theater opening night instead of Prom. Changed our lives forever..
*The Fifth Element is one of those movies you need to watch about 5-10 times, and pay 100% attention to, or you'll miss something that will make something else, 15 minutes later, not make sense. But it's such a great Sci-Fi movie.*
calm down. it's not deep. it's got the depth of a contact lens
It's helpful to understand that the movie is by Luc Besson. His French influence to this production gives it a Cirque du Soleil flavor. It's performance art disguised as a movie. It's not everyone's cup of tea and many who love the movie don't even make this connection. But, I just like to point it out as this movie has been an acquired taste for me, despite my baked in bias for all things French. Also, don't take it too seriously. It's still just a movie.
Firefly, Serenity and now The Fifth Element?! Awesome consecutive choices miss biss
If you like this, there's another movie by the same director, called "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets". Well worth a watch, same incredible art style, same great story and effects.
It was impossible to adapt Valerian at the time, so this movie actually grew out of his first attempt to make Valerian. I wish Valerian did better, I think he was hoping to make a series of movies
Some fun facts about the movie: The Fifth Element, Leeloo, is former super model Milla Jovovich. They couldn't find their Diva in casting, so Luc Besson turned to his own wife, another super model: Maïwenn Besco. 👍
Yyyeah, that was a very messy set. Especially if you know Maiwenn has said Leon was partly inspired by the start of her relationship with Besson (which I just stumbled across myself).
Yes, the wife that he left for Milla.
Besson is a creep. Typical movie director to cast young women for their weird fetishes.
And then he copulated with Leeloo
The language is great, it has an “interesting” story too- the director Besson came up with it and worked on the language with Leeloo’s actress Mila Jovovich who helped refine it so they could have full conversations with the about 400 words. To practice it they had conversations on set (that no one else understood)… which led to them flirting in the language… and then Besson left his wife for Jovovich. His wife, by the way, was the actress that plays the Opera Singer Diva.
I really like his movies but as a person Besson was… not great. The wife he left for Jovovich, his second, has said Leon the Professional was partly based on their relationship and the similarities are… really not good.
@@RocketSurgn_ uhh… yuck.
"She's cute." Milla Jovovich was one of the most famous supermodels at the time.
@@docsavage8640 In 2004, Jovovich topped Forbes magazine's "Richest Supermodels of the World"
@@ethanvilla4418 Where was she at in 1996 before this movie was released? Milla was 'discovered' in this movie and then went on to more fame with the Resident Evil film in 2002, which accounts for her wealth in 2004.
@@davesmith9680 Born in Kiev and raised in Los Angeles, Jovovich began modeling when Herb Ritts photographed her for the cover of the Italian magazine Lei in 1987.
What is with you people and your allergic reactions to facts? It's not this deep, but some of you people seem to have a problem with HER, or with me personally?
@@ethanvilla4418 Facts? Milla wasn't even on Harpers list of the top 25 Supermodels of the 90's. She was not one of the most famous supermodels at the time. I agree she was a model, however relatively unknown until this movie... that is the facts. Do a little more research than just a Google search that shows a one liner from Wikipedia.
@@davesmith9680 Wait, YOU'RE preaching to me about research? Weren't you the very same troubled individual that said she was "discovered" because of this movie, when she was on the COVER of an Italian fashion magazine in 1987? Tell me again about research buddy. LOL! Are you alright? Is this really worth an argument?
She's LITERALLY number 25 on this list.
Links not being allowed.
Again, get help, because you take this WAY more seriously than anyone should. The only way I knew about this is because my mother literally had a poster with her, Cindy Crawford and some other models when I was a child. You UA-cam know-it-alls suck the joy out of everything.
This movie came at a time when people were anticipating the new (prequel) Star Wars movies (and the Special Editions were just released), looking back fondly on movies like Blade Runner, and CG was just starting to get somewhat realistic looking. For sc-fi cinema nerds (like myself), this movie was a tall glass of water in the desert, especially for the guys - it had futuristic/cyberpunk sci-fi, Bruce Willis playing Die Hard in Space, a Gary Oldman villain, a fantasy element, aliens, a sense of humor and sexy girls everywhere. It was the perfect late 90's sci-fi action movie. It was like Star Wars for kids who were now 20-something kids.
Now, it seems like not such a big deal, after so many great similar movies just as good or better that have come out since... but at the time this was really impressive... and needed.
Cinematically speaking - FX might be a bit dated but still some the best sound design ever and an excellent soundtrack to boot. And the scene choreography/editing is just always fun to watch.
over a dozen of my friends names their cats 'Lelu' but only one of them named his ferret 'Lelu Dallas multi pass' also everyone should check out the making of the opera song,.. that singer is amazing
I watched this with some friends and me and one of them both fell completely and utterly in love with Leeloo
Milla was something (and still is) but I liked her better in Resident Evil …
How could they not?
@@RoGueNavyhow could they?!
Its her adorable power
People watching it today will never understand in 1997 how amazing the future New York looked with flying cars and skyscrapers a kilometer tall. We'd never seen that before. Maybe a sci-fi drawing, but never in movies and never looking so plausibly photo realistic.
We'd seen it in Judge Dredd in 1995, and in Blade Runner in 1982, just to name 2. (even if Blade Runner is actually set in LA)
@@EfftupSmith A lot of us didn't watch Judge Dredd considering the box office results. Blade Runner in the dark really impressed, but wasn't the same as NY in daylight.
They brought in some serious heavy-duty fashion designers for this film in the form of Jean-Paul Gaultier. A nice touch with the Star Wars throw-backs...Princess Leia hair buns & Jedi robes for the priest.
"Drop by, Say hi, don't be shy!"
You're a poet and didn't even know it 😂😂😂😂😂
right? hahha
If that were the case there be alot of flights to Germany
The Diva song: the film’s composer Eric Serra designed the futuristic pop-opera to be technically impossible for a human to hit some of the high notes so quickly after another. Therefore, Mula-Tchako had to sing the notes individually so that they could then be arranged digitally.
So naturally a number of people have since gone "Hold my beer" and pulled it off naturally anyway.
@@emurphy42Only one (disneydiva) has ever actually pulled it off exactly as written.
Just popping in to give my usual fun fact for this movie. The actor who plays the police officer who spills his McDonalds drink over him, then crashes into the McDonalds truck during the chase - his name is Mac McDonald. I can only guess that this was intentional.
Until watching this I never knew I needed a Biss-Leeloo cosplay. Like it was meant to be. 😍
Tomas("Tiny")Lister(the President) later played a prisoner who did something important in "The Dark Knight." Of course, Gary Oldman(Zorg) is in that trilogy, also.
Luc Besson (the writer director) wrote this in high school as a hero taxi driver cause his dad had a second job driving a taxi. 13:00 Bruce Willis adlibbed this line. The director didn’t tell Bruce that Mila was going to be speaking a different language in the cab. 25:48 if you watch Bruce Willis during the “All Night Long” song he’s trying not to laugh at Chris Tucker. 28:57 I love how his mom finds him wherever he goes. 30:16 the look on Bruce Willis’s face was genuine. He hadn’t heard the song before and was moved by the song and performance. The woman on stage is lipsyncing and practiced 30 times a day for three months to get it right. Luc Besson’s fiancé at the time got the role cause the original actress didn’t show up. The creatures helping Zorg are Mangalores and their animatronics were reused in Star Wars Episode 1 for the Neimoidians.
13:02
I saw this in the theater, and this movie was the first time I had encountered the phrase “I only speak two languages, English and bad English.” I suspect that this movie is, indeed, the origin of it.
It's a healthy cigarette. More filter, less tobacco.
You open the stones like fire to fire, water to water, earth to earth, wind to wind and the fifth element is love, so you open it with love...
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5/5 for me, saw it over 100 times from young age. Best synthesis of Luc Besson and Hollywood!
Police : Are you classified as human? Korben Dallas : Negative, I am a meat popsicle. 😂
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"Don't press the big red button." -Agent K.
Never,ever push the RED button!!🤓
you know.. this movie was made in 1997. so when you watch and rate it in 2024, you have to consider this. i love scifi and fantasy and this movie is one of my alltime favourite. it has so much influence on movies released later..
This movie was a BIG influence in the genre
Many of the 'Elements' story wise and visually are from 'Heavy Metal' magazine artists like Mobius, Richard Corbin and others. The quirky flavor matches some stories in that magazine from the'70's thru the '90's.
It was an INSTANT Cult classic for that and many other touchstones in the film.
The continued love of Mila Jovavich. She made her own language up for this role.
"you got yourself a cougar". Made me laugh. Thank You.
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Gary Oldman is so diverse, it's hard to tell if he's a great character actor, a great method actor, or both.
He’s so great, I didn’t even know it was him the first dozen times I watched.
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One of my favorite movies. Saw it a few times in the theater, and still watch it any chance I get.
I can confirm- Milla Jovovich is, indeed, perfect. ❤
You should watch the Resident Evil movies.
Some people don’t like it, but the Valerian and the city of 1000 planets is a really fun movie
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RIP Luke Perry, the actor who plays Billy early in the movie. He was famous in the teen show "Beverly Hills 90210" and passed away a few years ago. RIP also Ian Holm, Bilbo in LoTR and Ash in Alien.
"Evacuate sheep!"
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if i heard that, in truth... i'd probably head for the exit....
I dressed up as ruby rod one time ehen i was transporting an army unit out of iraq, after they kept getting extended. I did the entire safety briefing and pallet loading with the same energy as ruby. Everyone but the sgt major and first sergeant appreciated the humor after all theyed been thru. The i hooked up a projector and sheet an played this movie during the flight to germany
this is one of my top 5 favourites , Hudson hawk is another funny bruce willis movie
Good movie, sometimes chaotic but i still love this one. Good actors in it. It's a humoristic action SF movie. Hope you love it Biscute (I do)
At the time when this came out, Bruce Willis was a box office dynamo, like everything he was in, he was knocking out of the park. One of the previous movies he previously was in Armageddon and it was a world hit. So then came a running joke, about any movie that he was in, (What is he going to do to save the planet this time?) It was a strange coincidence that Hollywood seemed to hear what people were talking about, so they decided to answer that question, by putting out this movie.
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It’s one of my favorites. This is the movie that made me fall in love with milla. She is so awesome in this movie. And chris Tucker is just over the top in the best way. So many quotable lines. There have been so many memes come from this movie, but if it came out today, the internet would break from all the memes.
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Love this film, watched it so many times, think it's probably my favourite.
I look forward to the day I can sit at my window and someone in a levitating boat pulls up and cooks me a Chinese meal.
Haha someday maybe
such a trip of a movie! ♥
One problem I have with this movie is that a big part is when Leeloo finally looked up “war” she gave up, humanity was unsavable, even though she had already seen terms like “atomic bomb” or “torture” or “holocaust” earlier in alphabetical order.
For me, this is one of those movies that gets better on rewatch. It's very silly, and it does a lot of cliches, but it's also creative in odd ways. For instance, you said you thought he had the cigarette in his mouth the wrong way, but it was a cigarette with an ultra-long filter and almost no tobacco portion ... for your safety. As for Chris Tucker, IMO, it's practically his best role. Also, it's different because the aesthetic is French. If you see other French scifi, you might see some similarities.
This movie is amazing. This movie is a cultural touchstone. It's kitschy in all the best ways, and I have never loved Chris Tucker in anything like I've love him in this movie. You can't take it seriously, though. It's a fairytale.
Glad you enjoyed this, thanks for watching
I don't think anyone really "gets" this movie's quirky humor on the first watch
every movie doesn't need to be a 5 to be entertaining. 3.5 is a good score for this type of movie. I really wish entertaining movies like this were made today.
Since you enjoyed Ruby, you should continue watching the Rush Hour series with Rush Hour 2 (2001)! (I noticed you only had the first Rush Hour in your channel video archives.)
Speaking of Orcs, not recognizing Ian Holm/LOTR Bilbo Baggins?
i did not :(
@@BissFlix it happens, media overload.. ;)
And Ash from alien
“You’ve got yourself a cougar” ROFLMAO!
She’s well over 5000 years old so… yeah
I enjoyed this movie a lot, it is a fun sci-fi adventure, and leaned into the campiness, not taking itself too seriously. Overall a good fun watch! thanks for the watch! take care
All Luc Besson movies should be watched! Big Blue, then in order La Femme Nikita and then the Professional, then transporter series, taken series, Jupiter Rising etc.
25:53 "Is he having a stroke?"
Nope. That's Chris Tucker. If you look up the word "flamboyance" in the dictionary, you _just_ might see his picture.
"She's Spanish" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
A lot of Jinjer videos seem to have homages classic scifi movies. In the case of The Fifth Element, feel like one of Tati's hairstyles in I Speak Astronomy was inspired by Zorg's hair, while her hair in Ape was inspired by one of Ruby Rhod's.
The guy, Finger, Bruce Willis was talking to on the phone is actually Vin Diesel.
Biss, you said it yourself. You have ALREADY seen a lot of sci fi comedy. This movie struck a chord WHEN it came out as there was no movie before that was anything like this. Milla Jovovich (Leloo) became an action star after this. That performance by the Diva struck a chord with fans. The song is now performed by orchestras and sopranos around the world. Italian, Chinese, Eastern European orchestras covering the performance. The Diva’s song sung by contestants auditioning for talent shows around the world to show their vocal abilities. Biss, you are “Very Beautiful”😜.
Also the actress married the film maker. Milia Jovovich and Luc Besson. They together invented the language that Lelu speaks and would talk to each other on set in that language.
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I came here for firefly, I'm staying for that belly laugh.
love this movie -it was spectacular in the theater
Keep up the great reviews!!!
Korbin ma man, I got no fiyah, I got no light...if I'd known I wouldn't have given up smoking.
it's adventure sicif from 1997. you had to be there ;)
37:35 Curious that Leeloo is doing this research in _English._ Spanish, Italian and French relate "War" in the G's. German relates it in the the K's. In any of _these_ languages, she would've encountered all this a _while_ ago.
My favorite reactress watching one of my most favorite movies. Incredible. I remember that while watching this in the theater when it first came out, I thought to myself "if I could watch this movie for the rest of my life, and do nothing else, I would die a happy man".
Great job, Biss. You made this fun to watch again.
cult movie of the 90's
He's taking photos for the archives.
Most people love the film for sure, it's just entertainment all around. It's a fun watch
You have to think when it came out. You really can’t compare it to modern sifi movies. You need to compare it to movies of it’s time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You shot the squid! 😂😂😂😂😂
It's Cult classic, not for everyone with it's goofy parts. So yeah a Sunday movie, when you don't want to think to much xD I didn't expect you to love it, but anyway nice to see you experience something else. Than just the top cinema movies out there :)
For me personally it's a blast of the past, comedic 90s movie. Along with the Mummy, George of the jungle, Austin Powers and so long :)
Yeah, I'd say your rating a pretty accurate. It's been one of my favorite movies for quite a while now, so I lean more towards 4 out of 5 stars. It has a really simple plot, but I absolutely love the creativity and world building.
I am a meat popcicle. One of my favorite movies. Perfect being you both are.
In the book the Liquid stuff running down their heads was meaning the Darkness was getting closer. Also in the book the Liquid Darkness covered the inside of the temple at the end.. Love this movie
10:59 I give you Milla Jovovich. Believe it or not, she was actually born in Ukraine. She's fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, English, French and Serbian. She's more well known for her performance in the _Resident Evil_ series, though.
One of my favorite movies. Also Biss hair is amazing ❤
Gary Oldman was great as the bad guy...Zorg. I know you didn't care for it, but when I first saw it I remember thinking that it was a movie worth watching...over and over! But, then, I'm old. You know how we are. Thanks for letting us watch with you, it was fun! God bless you!
I absolutely love this movie!! I am not 100% sure that it is a 'good' movie, but it is exciting, visually interesting, very quotable, and a ton of fun, and I suppose in the end that is all that really matters
Yes I think your rating is accurate. With the addition of Chris Tucker(Rudy) the humor matches the frenetic energy of the story line. Good , honest reaction.
absolutely love this movie. not a serious movie, just fun.
looking better today hope you got over being sick
That's right, Ms. Biss: Ruby was engaging the main thrusters - if you know what I mean.
Nice reaction! You're so much fun to watch. This IS a good movie to chill out to chill out on, even on a Sunday afternoon.
I just like the ascetic, overall. Cool music, neat costumes, easy story. 🤷♂️👍
Such a fun movie that is never serious just entertaining. Lady Biss makes it even more enjoyable to watch with her expressions and comments.
If you enjoyed the fashion and style look up the French fashion designer/ artist Jean Paul Gaultier as he did the costumes and was a major consultant on the whole style of the movie.
I can see why people were not a fan. But as an older millennial I'd give it a solid 4.5 due to style and uniqueness :)
It has the Luc Besson feel much like the film Leon oozing through it!
It is meant to be a comedy action so that is fine. This was the first time I saw Milla Jovovich who by the way is russion and her daughter is now starting to be in movies as well and also the first time I saw Gary Oldman who plays the bad guy..it's funny to see him here at the start of his career and to think where he is now and how far he has come.
Can't wait. This is a good movie.
The 5th Element is a cheesy film, but it is an admittedly cheesy one, mocked for the sake of comedy.
It's also a film that is not from Hollywood since it is a French production from 1997.
In that respect, this film was incredible at the time, because it has not aged too badly. graphically.
This film is a bit of a UFO in the genre, because it is neither really an SF film (Notion of good and evil), nor really a fantasy film, nor really a comedy, and a bit of all that has the times.
For a French production from the 90s, the film is remarkable, the French industry is not used to big budget space opera...
Personally, I like this film and I recognize its status as a cult film without being the masterpiece of the century.
He left his mark on popular culture in many aspects
The film was directed by Luc Besson, who also directed the film "Leon".